Saturday, 23 July 2016

Cardinal Tagle: God can only love, not condemn

Cardinal Tagle: God can only love, not condemn

MANILA, July 17, 2016— Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila called on the faithful not to be quick in condemning anybody but instead ‘find gifts’ in people often discredited by society.

In his homily during the closing Mass of the 3rd Philippine Conference on New Evangelization on Sunday, he said that there many people who are being treated like worthless and no one cares for them.

“Let us be careful. The person we want to discredit might be a gift of God. You don’t throw away gifts. Gifts are treasured,” Tagle told the crowd gathered at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion in Manila.

The cardinal asked the people to be merciful like Jesus who sees a gift even in “wounded sheep”.

“Jesus sees a gift even in Judas,” he said. “There’s hope even in someone who had betrayed Jesus.”

Reflecting on the Gospel of John, the Manila archbishop said God does not want to condemn anybody, but rather seeks salvation of all people.